Scientists have decoded the genome of a lowly, blood-sucking hookworm, an advance they say could lead to cures for hookworm infection, a painful condition afflicting more than 700 million people ...

Researchers have decoded the genome of the hookworm, Necator americanus, finding clues to how it infects and survives in humans and to aid in development of new therapies to combat hookworm disease.

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Researchers from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention detailed the discovery of novel aromatic heterocycle substituted aminamidine derivatives (AADs) for the treatment of Necator ...

Third-stage infective larvae of the canine hookworm Ancylostoma caninum resume feeding in vitro in response to several stimuli. Experiments were conducted to characterize the in vitro feeding behavior ...

Scientists have decoded the DNA of a parasite that affects an estimated 700 million impoverished people across the globe. The parasitic Necator Americanus hookworm causes infections among poor ...

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Scientists have sequenced genome of the blood-sucking hookworm, an advance that could lead to better remedies against the disease-causing parasite that infects about 700 million people worldwide ...